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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “virulent” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

40 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
virulent114643(None) 
avirulent1243631avirulent
purulent1047612purulent
violent102110812vi_olent
virulence1444042virulence
virulency1752662virulency
virulently1653082virulently
acidulent1243653acidulent
bivalent1346123bivalent
circlet11311473circle_t
corpulent1346843corpulent
diluent8310263dilu_ent
diriment11410743diriment
divalent1247783divalent
esculent1047183esculent
feculent1346953feculent
luculent1045803luculent
opulent938833_opulent
overlent112715293over_lent
patulent1048603patulent
prudent10310433_prudent
relent64431853__relent
rivulet1069723rivule_t
silent64125843si__lent
simulant1048083simulant
turbulent1144463turbulent
varlet9423503var_le_t
varment12313243var_ment
veinulet1147393veinule_t
vigilant1246423vigilant
vilest9416843vi__lest
violet92620923vi_ole_t
virescent1445883virescent
virgule1144283virgule__
virgules1244333virgule_s
virile9313433virile__
virilely1444053virilely
virulences1543853virulences
viruses1039413viruse_s
vituline1147093vituline

Search took 8 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162407.11020557.2
3Display Results40400.0162500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691407.54623680.2
 
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